| Events Long Island Sound and NE Coastal Calendar Our intent is to provide coastal communities with a site where they can post their upcoming events as well as report on newsworthy events after they have passed. If you have an event you'd like to add to our calendar as we develop it, please email us Fireworks on Long Island Sound, July 4, 2006 | Events Coming Up: Northeast Coastal Calendar 2008 | April 10 May 7 | Happy Hooking: The art and science of anchoring | As part of the Landfall Navigation Seminar Series with Captains Alex & Daria Blackwell. Visit Landfall for updates as they come in. | June 23-24 | | Summer Sailstice Sign up and go sailing to celebrate the longest day of the year. | July 29 | | Sail4Kids Make a Memory Cruise to benefit the children of the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital of Westchester Medical Center. Please visit www.Sail4Kids.org for more information. Cruise will be hosted by American Yacht Club in Rye, NY. | August 30 | | Go to www.huntingtonlighthouse.org The second Music Fest the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Live music played from atop the lighthouse with an anchorage of boats surrounding the event! The Lighthouse Music Fest was a huge success in its first year, so we have set the date for 2008!! It will be a festival of fun and music, which sets sail on Saturday, August 30 2008...with a very unique afternoon concert for boaters featuring the top-flight musical talent on the lighthouse rooftop stage. Saturday night more shows are planned. | | | | | | | New 2008 Weekend Workshop Series | | | Summer 2008 | Races Announced | Block Island Race Marion Bermuda Race Newport to Bermuda Race - will take place in 2008 Block Island Race Week - June 17-22, 2007 Marblehead To Halifax Race - will begin on Sunday, July 8, 2007 NOOD Regattas - see the 2007 National Offshore One Design Schedule | | Trawler Fest | | | | | | Landfall Navigation Seminar Series | | | | | Events Coming Up: Northeast Coastal Calendar 2007 | Oct 4-8 | Annapolis Sail Boat Show | | July 29 | | Sail4Kids Make a Memory Cruise to benefit the children of the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital of Westchester Medical Center. Please visit www.Sail4Kids.org for more information. Contact Alex Blackwell to participate at info@coastalboating.net. Cruise will be hosted by American Yacht Club in Rye, NY. | In the spirit of July 4th | Independence Day Fireworks | June 30: The Town of Greenwich will once again offer Fireworks displays at two locations on Saturday, June 30, with a rain date of Sunday, July 1. The Fireworks will fill the sky at Binney Park, starting at about 9:10 pm. The display at Greenwich Point Park is scheduled to begin at about 9:30 pm. Regular Park entrance policies will apply at Greenwich Point Park. | | | | July 13-15 | Northeast O'Day Owner's Association's | 5th Annual "rOnDAYvous" held this year at Milford Landing Marina, Milford CT With activities scheduled throughout the weekend, including a wine and cheese dock party on Friday evening, a scavenger hunt all weekend long, an informal race on Saturday, a full catered bar-bee-que on Saturday night featuring the "SOS Band" (Strung Out String Band) For More info: asax123@yahoo.com or pdodenhoff@jjay.cuny.edu | June 23-24 | | Summer Sailstice Sign up and go sailing to celebrate the longest day of the year. New for 2007! Join Summer Sailstice and the Ocean Conservancy in a Virtual Circumnavigation of the globe! Summer Sailstice has teamed up with the Ocean Conservancy as a charitable partner so sailors can join them in helping preserve the world's oceans. When you sign up for Summer Sailstice, you can pledge $1 (or more) per mile sailed on Summer Sailstice so we can all sail to save the seven seas. | New 2007 Weekend Workshop Series | | TIME/DATE: Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 AM 5:30 PM DETAILS: Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) presents four two-day workshops, to be held in boating communities around the country. In keeping with the SSCA’s Clean Wake Policy, the workshops focus on safety, self-sufficiency and fun cruising. Plan to attend one or all of these valuable courses with NIGEL CALDER, LEE CHESNEAU, DR. LAURA SUDARSKY and JULIE TEETSOV. Lee Chesneau Basic Wx | Nigel Calder Coastal/Offshore | Dr. Laura Sudarsky Offshore Medical | Julie Teetsov Navigation | 3/10-3/11 Seattle, WA | 2/24-2/25 Dania, FL | 3/24-25 Annapolis, MD | 4/28-4/29 Seattle, WA | 5/26-5/27 Dania, FL | 5/19-5/20 Annapolis, MD | 5/5-6 Dania, FL | 7/28-7/29 Annapolis, MD | 6/23-6/24 San Diego, CA | 7/14-7/15 Seattle, WA | 9/29-30 Seattle, WA | 8/18-8/19 Dania, Fl | 10/13-10/14 Annapolis, MD | 8/4-8/5 San Diego, CA | | TBA, San Diego, CA | | Summer 2007 | Races Announced | Block Island Race begins May 25 from Stamford CT around BI Marion Bermuda Race will begin on Friday, June 15, 2007 Newport to Bermuda Race - will take place in 2008 Block Island Race Week - June 17-22, 2007 Marblehead To Halifax Race - will begin on Sunday, July 8, 2007 NOOD Regattas - see the 2007 National Offshore One Design Schedule | | Trawler Fest | Manitowoc, WI PassageMaker University Summer 2007 Mystic, CT Trawler Fest dates Summer 2007 Solomons, MD Trawler Fest dates September 27-29, 2007 | Feb 7 | YRA of LIS Seminar "Postcards from Valencia" with Dave Perry | Hosted by Riverside Yacht Club. For more information, download the pdf here: http://www.yralis.org/070215DavePerryTalkfor2007.pdf | Feb-Mar | Landfall Navigation Seminar Series | Visit Landfall for Updates as they come in. | Feb 28 | Happy Hooking: The art and science of anchoring with Captains Alex & Daria Blackwell | As part of the Landfall Navigation Seminar Series. | Jan 18-21 | Strictly Sail 2nd Show in Philadelphia | Where Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. Hours 11-7 Thursday, 11-8 Friday, 10-7 Saturday, 10-5 Sunday Come see us in Philly. For more seminars, visit the Strictly Sail site. | To view the 2006 calendar archive, please click here. For the 2007 calendar archive, please click here. |
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